Senior Java Developer (Backend) - AVP

Citi

Citi

Software Engineering
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Posted on Jun 24, 2025

Senior Developer with strong analytical and technical ability with over 7+ years of experience in enterprise Web applications, REST services and Workflow Processing Service development using Java/J2EE technologies.

Experienced in working on medium to large enterprise projects, preferably in financial services

Knowledge/Experience:

  • Should have strong insight on OOPS concept and good hands on experience on Java (11+) and other java based frameworks like Spring Batch, Spring IOC, Spring Annotation, Spring Security.
  • Should have hands on experience on messaging platform like Kafka.
  • Should be comfortable with working on Oracle (PL/SQL) and/or NoSQL-Mongo as backend database.
  • Good working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift
  • Should have strong knowledge of Java design patterns , microservice design patterns, event streams, event/message based architecture, Domain driven design etc.
  • Should have strong knowledge of API based architecture and SOA.
  • Expertise in Server less, tomcat (Embedded/Non-Embedded), jetty (Embedded/Non-Embedded), WebSphere , Spring Batch, Spring IOC, Spring Annotation, Spring Security
  • Expertise in mocking, Junit and perf testing of solutions.
  • Good working knowledge of in memory distributed caches (Hazelcast, Gemfire) is good to have.
  • Person should have worked in Agile/DevOps Environment.

Good to have skills:

  • Financial markets background is preferable but is not a must
  • Knowledge of testing concepts (TDD, BDD) is a plus.
  • Knowledge of ELK/App Dynamics
  • Knowledge of other programming languages like Vaadin (UI Framework), Kotlin, scala, shell scripting etc is good to have.
  • Candidates with knowledge on webserver setup and configuration with reverse proxy/ssl setup etc (preferred nginx webserver) is a plus

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (in science, computers, information technology or engineering)

Candidate should be willing to work late in the evening India time on need basis in order to interact with US/other global teams

Job Background:

  • The position is based in India and is required to focus on delivery of the work, ensuring a robust design
  • This role may report to the technology team lead based in Pune
  • Candidate should be able to work independently and should be self-motivated
  • Candidate might be required to work with vendors or third parties in joint delivery teams
  • The role requires application of technical skills and knowledge of the business to develop solutions to meet business needs
  • As part of large, geographically distributed team(s), the candidate may have to manage stakeholders across multiple functional areas
  • The position requires analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex material, technical or business or otherwise, from multiple sources.
  • The candidate will work with complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting needs.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

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